#72C2BF#72C2BF

#72C2BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.079 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2BF
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(178, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 1.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -25.22, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 25.97, 193.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0771 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.079 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6316, 45.9199, 56.2659)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2BF #C27275

analogous

#72C297 #72C2BF #729DC2

triadic

#72C2BF #BF72C2 #C2BF72

tetradic

#72C2BF #9772C2 #C27275 #9DC272

square

#72C2BF #9772C2 #C27275 #9DC272

split-complementary

#72C2BF #C2729D #C29772

monochromatic

#38827F #4BACA9 #72C2BF #9DD4D2 #C7E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72C2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#72C2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2BF

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2BF	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EC6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.079 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd4d2',
    500: '#72c2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2bf;
$custom-light: #9fd4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.75,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76206,
    "c": 0.07899,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2BF

secondary

#D7B9BA

accent

#3338B3

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2BF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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